{"id":6406,"date":"2020-12-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hdbka.com\/prison-architect-is-free-until-saturday-in-gogs-winter-sale\/"},"modified":"2020-12-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T00:00:00","slug":"prison-architect-is-free-until-saturday-in-gogs-winter-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hdbka.com\/prison-architect-is-free-until-saturday-in-gogs-winter-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Architect is free until Saturday in GOG’s Winter Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"
Prison Architect is a game about building and running your own personal penitentiary, and while that may sound like a rather unpleasant prospect, it’s actually a very good game: Chris called it “a complex, challenging, and grimly satisfying simulator” in his 87% review<\/a> from 2015. (He also learned some valuable lessons about the complexities of the human condition and the fine, occasionally bloody line between contentment and happiness.)<\/p>\n If you haven’t tried it yet, now’s your opportunity to give it a go without spending a penny, as GOG<\/a> is now giving it away to kick off its 2020 Winter Sale. Just go here<\/a>, click the necessary green buttons, and like magic it’ll be added to your library.<\/p>\n The Prison Architect freebie will be valid until 9 am ET\/2 pm UTC on December 19, but the GOG Winter Sale itself runs until January 4, and has some pretty good deals on a range of new and older games. As someone who dearly misses the days of digging into the bargain bins at EB, I always hit up the highest discounts section first: It’s not packed with the newest or most popular games, but you’ll find a ton of good stuff that costs less than a small bag of chips, like Outlast: Whiteblower<\/a> ($1), Tooth and Tail<\/a> ($2), Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut<\/a> ($2.50), We Are the Dwarves<\/a> ($2), and a personal favorite, Shadowgrounds<\/a> (yes, it’s old, but it’s very good) for $1.<\/p>\n The “newer stuff” section includes Control<\/a> and The Outer Worlds<\/a>, both 50 percent off, Wasteland 3<\/a> at 33 percent off, Disco Elysium<\/a> at a 40 percent discount, Iron Harvest<\/a> at 30 percent, and Serious Sam 4 Deluxe Edition<\/a> for 20 percent off.<\/p>\n One game you won’t see in the sale, or anywhere else on GOG, is the excellent indie horror game Devotion<\/a>. It was removed from<\/a> Steam in early 2019 after a mild in-game zing of Chinese president Xi Jinping came to light; GOG announced earlier today that it would finally be returned to sale via its storefront on December 18, but very quickly reversed that decision<\/a>. According to GOG, the reversal came about “after receiving many messages from gamers.” It has not elaborated.<\/p>\n\n